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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What foodstuffs do the adventurers take from the troll's cave for breakfast?
(a) Mutton bones, mince pies and sausages.
(b) Ale, bread, cheese and bacon.
(c) Cheese, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes.
(d) Bacon, beer, rabbit pie, and apples.

2. What does Bilbo manage to steal from Smaug in Chapter 12?
(a) A necklace of rubies.
(b) A golden cup.
(c) A sharp sword.
(d) A pocketful of gold coins.

3. What cooking method do the trolls decide on first of all before Gandalf stirs up the argument again?
(a) Mincing them and making them into pies.
(b) Roasting the dwarves slowly.
(c) Mincing them and boiling them.
(d) Sitting on them and squashing them.

4. Why can't the dwarves hear the goblins coming?
(a) The goblins are wearing soft shoes.
(b) The dwarves are talking too loudly.
(c) The goblins have made themselves invisible.
(d) The echoes inside the caves are too confusing.

5. Who found the cave in Chapter 4?
(a) Fili and Kili.
(b) Gandalf and Bilbo.
(c) Balin and Dwalin.
(d) Bifur, Bofur and Bombur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Bard understand the speech of the thrush?

2. What is "never thirsty, ever drinking/All in mail never clinking?"

3. What is unusual or rare about Elrond's ancestry?

4. Where are the elves hiding when they sing nonsense songs to welcome the adventurers to Rivendell?

5. How does the Elvenking react to the sight of the Arkenstone?

(see the answer key)

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